Michael Arrington's promising CrunchPad Tablet PC device was due for imminent launch, but, due to what Arrington claims was an attempt by his business partner to cut him out of the deal because of "pressure from shareholders," the ownership of the intellectual property is now in dispute. As a result, the project will almost certainly move into a the lawsuit and recrimination phase, and the CrunchPad will likely never be released.

But Chrome is by Google, don't you know? That makes it better than anything else by default. Because, obviously, Google never do anything imperfectly, and won't ever become a giant corporation driven by profits and squeezing customers.